Civic Issues
Gurgaon- With the visit of the Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the issue of the delay of the Sector 21 road came into light. Hooda, questioned the HUDA administrator and deputy commissioner concerning the delay. Reports state that the delay was due to the stay order for almost three years. In the year 1983, the Sector 21 [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) is all set to get permanent numbers to houses that are part of the 39 colonies that have been approved by the state government. Several councillors representing the wards in Gurgaon old city have been demanding for house identification numbers from past two years. Since there are no house numbers [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The government has declared the construction of houses for its employees making it the first such exercise after independence. Although there will be new homes constructed for all the government employees, there will not be a single paisa spent from their coffers as the task has been assigned to the NBCC along with [...] Continue Reading »
Gurgaon- A pipeline worth Rs. 9 crore which was laid down along Sohna Road eight years ago has simply led to a wastage of the public money. The water pipeline is 8.5-km-long and was laid for the supply of water to the private colonies and is yet to be operational. Shockingly, the higher officials in [...] Continue Reading »
Currently financial intelligence agencies are scrutinizing service tax payment of several real estate companies across the whole country. The real estate firms are suppose to pay 12.5 per cent service tax but they doubt that many real estate companies are ignoring service tax. This search initiated on January 2, 2013. And thus it was found out that firms providing [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- The old rickety government buildings spread through the heart of New Delhi on a major arterial road will very soon be replaced with high rise commercial and residential apartments. Since Independence, this redevelopment project is one of the largest redevelopments which is expected to change tables of the National capital. As per the plan, [...] Continue Reading »
Bangalore- The Cabinet has approved acquisition of land identified by BBMP to set up solid waste processing units in Bangalore. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had put forth a proposal of purchasing 476 acres of land in Arudi village near Doddaballapur, and 600 acres in Togarighatta in Tumkur district. The responsibility of buying the [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- This year, the electricity bills are likely to be increased by about 20 percent all over the country as the government is compelled to move on with the pricing reforms which is essential for the feeble sector. As per P Uma Shankar, Power Secretary, the restructuring and the lending schemes are tied with the tariff revisions [...] Continue Reading »
Chennai- Year 2012 has witnessed many incidents of land grabbing in Tamil Nadu. Thus from December 2012, documents relating to power of attorney and sale agreement of property has been made compulsory in the state. These documents would help in preventing land grabbing case and bogus registration in Tamil Nadu. Even President has given his consent regarding [...] Continue Reading »
New Delhi- In an action to set rigid rules for people who have not yet paid their indirect taxes, the finance ministry has decided to take stern measures through the stepping up of compliance and will further generate extra revenue through the collection before the next financial year arrives. In a warning by the revenue secretary [...] Continue Reading »
